Southern California Gas Company has officially announced that the company will be one of the first natural gas utilities in the United States to incorporate innovative fiber optic cable technology to detect impacts and leaks along its transmission and high-pressure pipeline system.

According to a new survey by the Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Council Americas and RVA, LLC, fewer than one percent of households make phone calls through traditional line powered landline service with only a corded telephone and have no mobile service, a setup virtually all telephone consumers once had